The Magistrate suffered from the disability of a free-thinking turn of mind and from a life that was barren and dreary to match.
The Christians say, that among the ancient Jews, if you committed a crime you had to kill a sheep. Now they say 'charge it. ' 'Put it on the slate. ' The Savior will pay it. In this way, rascality is sold on credit, and the credit system in morals, as in business, breeds extravagance.